PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Meen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davey Gilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Meen
vs
Gilly

195 cm
21
209 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

186 cm
22
210 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erik Meen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Davey Gilly!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gilly throws a looping overhand right but Meen ducks down to avoid it.
Meen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Meen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Meen scores with a jab to the body.

Meen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gilly tries to work over Meen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gilly throws a punch but it's blocked by Meen.
Gilly takes an elbow to the temple.
Meen working aggressively here.
Meen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gilly blocks an uppercut.
Gilly lands a left hand.

It looks like Erik Meen has been cut.
Good body shot from Meen.
Gilly misses with the head strike.
Gilly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meen blocks a body shot from Gilly.
Meen blocks a body shot from Gilly.
Gilly tries to land a knee to the head but Meen blocks with his arms.
Meen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gilly is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Davey Gilly has been cut.
Meen working aggressively here.
Meen tries a body shot but Gilly blocks it.
Gilly lands with a right to the head.
Meen blocks an uppercut.
Meen has a couple of punches blocked by Gilly.
Gilly stalling the fight.
Meen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gilly tries to land a knee to the head but Meen blocks with his arms.
Gilly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meen throws a head punch that misses.
Meen throws a head punch that misses.
Gilly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meen avoids it.
Meen slowing the pace effectively.
Gilly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Meen's face.
Meen pushes Gilly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meen misses with an elbow strike.
Gilly prevents a body shot from Meen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gilly blocks the elbow strike.
Meen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meen.
Meen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Meen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gilly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gilly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Meen is struggling to control the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gilly.
Gilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meen working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gilly.
Gilly takes a shot to the head.
Gilly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gilly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Meen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gilly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Gilly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Meen.
Gilly blocks an elbow strike from Meen.
Gilly has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Meen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gilly can turn it around.
Gilly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meen pushes off an throws an elbow but Gilly leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Meen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meen misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Meen.
Gilly slows down the pace here.
Meen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Meen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Meen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Meen wants to stall.
Meen misses with an elbow strike.
Meen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gilly misses with some punches.
Gilly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Gilly to work.
Meen has a couple of punches blocked by Gilly.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gilly.
Meen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Meen working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gilly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meen scores with a shot to the side of Gilly's head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Meen lands with a left to the head.
Meen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meen throws a punch but it's blocked by Gilly.
A head punch on the inside from Meen fails to land.
Meen tries a body shot but Gilly blocks it.
Meen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gilly lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Meen or not.
Gilly tries to stall but Meen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gilly lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gilly lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Erik Meen will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Meen looks to score with a jab to the body but Gilly is just out of range.
Gilly wants to counter the offense by Meen and move into the clinch position.
Gilly misses with a body shot.
Meen ducks right into an uppercut from Gilly.
Meen throws the left hand but Gilly avoids the punch easily.
Meen throws a right hand that misses
and Gilly counters with a stiff right hand.
Meen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Meen misses with a head kick.
Meen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Meen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gilly walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Meen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gilly.
Meen cracks Gilly with an open hand slap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gilly.
Meen throws a right hand that Gilly ducks under and follows up with a left that Gilly also avoids with ease.
Meen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
and Meen counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Gilly! He's just covering up as Meen starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erik Meen!
Our winner, Erik Meen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.